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Crime and Justice News
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Room Scans During Remote Tests Are Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
Remote-proctored exams that colleges began using during the pandemic lost a first legal test, a decision praised by digital privacy...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Virginia Man Gets 12 Years in Case That Tested 'Geofence' Warrants
A Virginia man was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the constitutionality of...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Keyword Warrants Raise Privacy Concerns in Post-Roe America
A court in Denver may soon determine whether police can use keyword warrants to incriminate people, Slate reports. Keyword warrants may...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 7, 20222 min read
AI Screening Portals Could Help Prevent School Shootings
With little progress on gun control measures in Congress, next-generation weapons detection technologies could prove to be a potential...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 1, 20222 min read
Kids With Phones in School Should Have Ground Rules for Emergencies
In the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting, concerned parents are weighing whether phones are a distraction or a potential lifeline...
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Crime and Justice News
May 19, 20222 min read
Government, Communications Firms Work To Improve 911 Service
AT&T is rolling out cellphone location tracking designed to route emergency calls to 911 more quickly. The company says the new feature...
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Crime and Justice News
May 13, 20221 min read
Amid Crime Rise, More States, Cities Allow Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition is making a comeback as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing are under threat amid a crime...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
Clearview Agrees to Restrict Access To Its Facial Image Database
Surveillance technology firm Clearview AI reached a settlement Monday with the Illinois American Civil Liberties Union and several other...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
'Geofence' Warrant in Gunfight Case Raises Privacy Concerns
Investigators turned to a "geofence" search warrant when they noticed people using cell phones in security footage of a gunfight at a...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Smartphone App Is Monitoring 125,000 Immigrants
Federal authorities have broadly expanded the use of a smartphone app during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure immigrants released from...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 9, 20221 min read
How Technology Is Helping Police Gather Crime Evidence
Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, big data and "extended reality" are among the most significant improvements in technology that...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 2, 20221 min read
Hispanic Lawmakers Concerned About Robot Dogs At Border
A group of Latino U.S. House members recently expressed "extreme concern" about a plan to dispatch robot dogs along the U.S.-Mexico...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20221 min read
S.F. DA's Use of Rape-Kit DNA To Probe Other Cases Was a Shock
The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Can 'Robot Dogs' Help Secure The U.S.-Mexican Border?
When the Department of Homeland Security announced it was training quadruped “robot dogs” to help secure the US-Mexico border, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Despite Criticism, NYC's Adams To Expand Use of Facial Recognition
Civil rights groups sued over the constitutionality of police using facial recognition. State legislatures are studying its efficacy. San...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 4, 20221 min read
CA Police Department Combines Use of Drones, Zoom
Law enforcers in Oceanside, Ca., have begun combining the use of drones and the video conferencing app Zoom, reports Governing.com....
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20222 min read
In First, Serious Charges Filed Vs. Autopilot Tesla Driver Who Killed 2
California prosecutors filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed...
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